![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | MOC's 200,001st Image - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
3 June 2005 On 17 May 2005, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) acquired its 200,000th image since the spacecraft began orbiting Mars on 12 September 1997. This red wide angle context frame was acquired at the same time as the narrow angle image (see showing details on the floor and in the ejecta blanket of a northern middle-latitude martian crater, which was received on Earth the previous day)...
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| Incomplete Puzzle - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
15 April 2006 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a mid-summer view of a portion of the south polar residual cap of Mars. The large, relatively flat-lying, puzzle-like pieces in this scene are mesas composed largely of solid carbon dioxide. : 85.5S, 76.8W : ~3 km (~1.9 mi) : upper left : Southern Summer
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| Coprates Chasma - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image of a 10 km by 12 km area of Coprates Chasma (14.7 degrees S, 55.8 degrees W), a ridge with a flat upper surface in the center of Coprates Chasma, which is part of the 6000-km-long Valles Marineris. Rock layers are visible just below the ridge. The gray scale (4.8 m/pixel) MOC image was combined with a Viking Orbiter color view of the same area. The faults of a graben offset beds on the slope to the left...
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| Olympus Mons in Color - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Sections of MOC images P024_01 and P024_02, shown here in color composite form, were acquired with the low resolution red and blue wide angle cameras over a 5 minute period starting when Mars Global Surveyor was at its closest point to the planet at the beginning of its 24th orbit (around 4:00 AM PDT on October 20, 1997). To make this image, a third component (green) was synthesized from the red and blue images...
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| Dust-Mantled Olympus Mons Flows - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
27 November 2006 Dust-covered lava flows on the lowermost south flank of Olympus Mons are captured in this 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) wide Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) view acquired during northern summer on 12 October 2006. One leveed lava channel just south (below) the center left of the image disappears into a thick, pitted and cratered dust mantle. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left/upper left...
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| The Pits - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
8 March 2006 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a pit chain on the lower, northern flank of the giant martian volcano, Arsia Mons. Pits such as these commonly form as a result of collapse of surface materials into a subsurface void, possibly along a fault or into an old lava tube. The layered material, exposed near the top of several of the pits, is shedding house-sized boulders which can be seen resting on the sloping sidewalls and floors of many ...
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| Eyes of Ganges - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
21 December 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows eroded, light-toned layered rock outcrops on the side of a large mound in Ganges Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. Perhaps a testament to the inherent human (and primate) ability to pick out faces where partially hidden from view (even when a face is not really there) -- near the top of this picture are two features, each a product of erosion, resembling a pair of human eyes...
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| Mars at Ls 341: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
13 December 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a banded surface in Argyre Planitia, the second largest impact basin in the martian southern hemisphere. The bands are the erosional expression of layered, perhaps sedimentary, rock. : Northern Winter/Southern Summer
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| Work of the Wind - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
18 January 2006 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a few dark wind streaks in the lee -- the downwind side -- of shallow craters on a lava- and dust-covered plain in eastern Tharsis. Streaks in east Tharsis, such as these, are usually very superficial features that change on timescales as quickly as a few weeks to months as very thin coatings of dust are redistributed by the wind...
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| Channel Near Olympus - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
1 June 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small portion of a broad, shallow channel system located on the plains northeast of Olympus Mons. Several similar valley/channel systems occur near Olympus Mons, and all of them are mysterious in terms of the nature of the fluids involved-- Was it water? Lava? Mud? : 20.8N, 125.0W : ~3 km (~1.9 mi : lower left : Northern Summer
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| Inverted Channels - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
10 June 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a complex of overlapping, inverted channels in a fan exposed by erosion, then mantled by dust, in the Aeolis region of Mars. Aeolis exhibits an abundance of inverted channels and fan-shaped forms, largely created by a liquid such as water, and then preserved in layered, sedimentary rock that has been subsequently eroded by wind...
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| Rugged Olympus Mons - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
9 July 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters per pixel (~5 ft/pixel) view of a portion of the upper west flank of the giant martian volcano, Olympus Mons. Although considered to be young relative to much of Mars, at high resolution the Olympus Mons volcano turns out to have one of the most heavily cratered surfaces -- at the scale of small craters of tens of meters diameter and smaller -- on the planet...
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| Pair of Craters - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
14 July 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters per pixel (~5 ft/pixel) view of a pair of small meteor impact craters in the Arena Colles region of Mars, located north of Isidis Planitia. : 22.7N, 278.5W : width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) : lower left : Northern Autumn
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| Frozen Carbon Dioxide - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
1 August 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a south polar residual cap landscape, formed in frozen carbon dioxide. There is no place on Earth that one can go to visit a landscape covering thousands of square kilometers with frozen carbon dioxide, so mesas, pits, and other landforms of the martian south polar region are as alien as they are beautiful. The scarps of the south polar region are known from thousands of other MGS MOC images to retreat at a rate ...
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| The Martian Limb - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) red and blue wide angle cameras provide daily coverage of the planet "from limb to limb." The "limbs" are the edges of the planet as seen to the west and east of the spacecraft. Depending on weather conditions, clouds or haze can sometimes be seen above the limb. This picture was taken by the blue camera in December 2002. It is an oblique view looking westward across heavily cratered terrain at high southern latitudes...
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| Martian "Ground Rot - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-355, 9 May 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a typical southern mid-latitude surface at very high resolution. The smooth-surfaced material (mostly on the left and lower left sides of the image) erodes and breaks down into the knobby terrain (seen at the top and right). The exact cause of this degradation of smooth-surfaced material at middle latitudes is unknown...
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| Yardangs and Exhumation - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-359, 13 May 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the results of wind erosion of a thick deposit of fine-grained, cemented material. The ridges oriented roughly from upper left to lower right (northwest to southeast) are called . Similar features occur in some of Earth's desert regions. The flat surface with narrow, sinuous ridges at the top (north) end of the picture is interpreted to be an ancient lava plain that is being slowly rev...
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| Layers, Boulders, and Dust - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-364, 18 May 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows the wall of a trough in the Zephyrus Fossae region, west of the Elysium Rise near 27.9N, 217.5W. The trough wall has cut through and exposed layered bedrock, visible near the top of the wall. Talus covers the lower portions of the wall; this debris includes many automobile- and house-sized boulder--most of which are seen as dark dots at the base of the slope...
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| Small Martian Mesa - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-381, 4 June 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image was acquired during the first week of June 2003. It shows a small mesa surrounded by a plain of dust-mantled dunes and ripples near 5.9S, 202.8W. Large, house-sized boulders have tumbled down the mesa slopes. This one of the highest resolution images from Mars, each pixel covers an area of 1.5 meters (5 feet) across...
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| Boulder Track - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-408, 1 July 2003 If a boulder rolls down a slope on an uninhabited planet, does it make a sound? While we do not know the sound made by a boulder rolling down a slope in the martian region of Gordii Dorsum, we do know that it made an impression. This full-resolution Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a series of depressions made on a dust-mantled slope as a boulder rolled down it, sometime in the recent past...
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| Ius Chasma Fault - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-415, 8 July 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a "text-book example" of an offset in layered rock caused by a fault. The offset is most easily seen near the upper right of the image. The martian crust is faulted, and the planet has probably experienced "earthquakes" (or, marsquakes) in the past. This scene is located on the floor of Ius Chasma near 7.8S, 80.6W...
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| Tractus Fossae Collapse Pit - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-419, 12 July 2003 Extensional faulting, wherein some fraction of the martian crust is pulled apart and faults are formed where the bedrock breaks, has also led to formation of collapse pits in the Tractus Fossae region. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows one such pit and the layered bedrock exposed in its walls. Dark streaks on the slopes of the pit result from avalanches of dry, fine-grained debris (probably dust, as these streaks are ...
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| Small Volcano - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-425, 18 July 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) high resolution image, acquired 13 July 2003, shows a small, dust-covered volcano on the plains east of Pavonis Mons. The floor of the caldera--the elliptical depression at the summit of the volcano--has a few windblown ripples on it. The ripples and thick dust mantle, together with the small impact craters on its surface, indicate that the volcano erupted some time ago...
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| Polygons in Martian Frost - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-428, 21 July 2003 This June 2003 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a polygonal pattern developed in seasonal carbon dioxide frost in the martian southern hemisphere. The frost accumulated during the recent southern winter; it is now spring, and the carbon dioxide frost is subliming away. This image is located near 80.4S, 200.2W; it is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left, and covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) across.
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| Pits and Layers - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-496, 27 September 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired in February 2003, shows pits formed by faulting and collapse in the Tractus Fossae region of Mars. The faulting and pitting processes have exposed the layered bedrock. Boulders, many of them now mantled by dust, have rolled down to the bottom of the larger pit. Dark streaks on the pit walls result from avalanches of dust...
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| Hellas "Taffy Pull - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-499a, 30 September 2003 Some of the strangest-looking surfaces on Mars occur in northwestern Hellas Planitia. Over the years, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team has informally--quite informally--taken to calling these surfaces, "taffy-pull terrain." This image shows an example located near 39.2S, 305.2W. The origin of this pattern is unknown, although it is thought to be related to the erosion of different layers of bedrock or substrate of diff...
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| Mesas and Troughs - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-501, 2 October 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a grouping of mesas created by pitting and erosion of a layered material north of Apollinaris Patera near 1.7S, 187.0W. The terrain is mantled by dust and the troughs between the mesas exhibit large, ripple-like, windblown bedforms. The picture covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left.
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| Hellas Planitia - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-505, 6 October 2003 Northwest Hellas Planitia presents an array of strange-looking surfaces. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows an example near 39.3S, 306.7W. The scene is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left. Some of the banding apparent in this image may be related to layering, but the overall cause for the patterns remains elusive...
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| Flows of Olympus - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-506, 7 October 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a series of dust-covered, overlapping lava flows on the lower southeast flank of the giant martian volcano, Olympus Mons. Leveed channels are abundant; they were the conduits through which molten lava was transported down the length of each flow. This picture is located near 14.3N, 132.3W, and covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide...
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| Albedo Boundary - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-510, 11 October 2003 The sharp, nearly straight line that runs diagonally across the center of this April 2003 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image is an albedo boundary. is a term that refers to reflectance of sunlight. A surface with a low albedo is one that appears dark because it reflects less light than a high albedo (bright) surface. On Mars, albedo boundaries occur between two materials of differing texture, particle size, or composition, or ...
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| Rocks Exposed on Slope in Aram Chaos - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-550, 20 November 2003 This spectacular vista of sedimentary rocks outcropping on a slope in Aram Chaos was acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on 14 November 2003. Dark piles of coarse talus have come down the slopes as these materials continue to erode over time. Note that there are no small meteor impact craters in this image, indicating that erosion of these outcrops has been recent, if not on-going...
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| Crater Cluster Near Pathfinder - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-552, 22 November 2003 This October 2003 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a large cluster of small craters located northeast of the Mars Pathfinder landing site, on the plains scoured by the old Ares and Tiu Valles outflow channels. Clusters of craters, such as these, usually form as impacts. Secondary impacts are the result of a larger, single meteor, asteroid, or cometary impact--the impact ejects debris that falls elsewhere ...
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| Lava Tubes of Olympus - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
5 April 2004 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows evidence of two collapsed lava tubes on the southeast flank of the giant martian volcano, Olympus Mons. One runs diagonally across the entire image, the other is shorter and does not extend across the whole image. The shorter one is a series of pits and troughs, rather than a continuous channel. Lava flowed in tubes under the surface; later, the roof of each tube collapsed to form a series of pits and troughs whic...
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| Arsinoes Chaos Landforms - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
23 October 2004 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned rock outcrops, possibly sedimentary rocks, in the Arsinoes Chaos region east of the Valles Marineris trough system. These rocky materials were once below the martian surface. These features are located near 7.2S, 27.9W. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.
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| Olympus Flows - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
7 April 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows channels carved into the plains southeast of the large volcano, Olympus Mons. The fluid that created these landforms flowed from upper right toward the lower left, but its nature is unknown. Today, the entire scene is mantled with dust. : 16.0N, 129.3W : ~3 km (~1.9 mi) : lower left : Northern Autumn
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| MGS Approach Image - 307.3 W longitude - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
This image was acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on August 20, 1997, when MGS was 5.51 million kilometers (3.42 million miles) and 22 days from encounter. At this distance, the MOC's resolution is about 20.6 km per picture element, and the 6800 km (4200 mile) diameter planet is about 330 pixels across. North is at the top of the image. The MGS spacecraft pointed the camera at the center of the planet (near the dark, morning sunrise line, or terminator) at 23.6 ...
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| Layers within the Valles Marineris: Clues to the Ancient Crust of Mars - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
This high resolution picture (right) of the Martian surface was obtained in the early evening of January 1, 1998 by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC), shortly after the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft began it's 80th orbit. Seen in this view are a plateau and surrounding steep slopes within the Valles Marineris, the large system of canyons that stretches 4000 km (2500 mi) along the equator of Mars. The image covers a tiny fraction of the canyons at very high resolution: it extends only 9.8 km by 17....
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| Ancient Sedimentary Rocks - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-469, 31 August 2003 The terraced area in this Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image is an outcropping of ancient, sedimentary rock. It occurs in a crater in western Arabia Terra near 10.8N, 4.5W. Sedimentary rocks provide a record of past environments on Mars. Field work will likely be required to begin to get a good understanding of the nature of the record these rocks contain...
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| Sediments of Ophir - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-579, 19 December 2003 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired in December 2003, shows light-toned sedimentary rocks (bottom half of image) and dark-toned sand dunes and ripples (top half of image). The light-toned, wind-eroded rocks are formed of ancient sediments; while the dark-toned, wind-blown dunes and ripples are modern sediments. This picture is located in Ophir Chasma near 4.4S, 71.1W...
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| Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A) Spirit Landing Site - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
January 2004 Excitement builds as the first Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A), Spirit, prepares to land on Mars just after 8:35 p.m. Pacific Standard Time today, 3 January 2004 (04:35, 4 January 2004 UTC). Today's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture is a mosaic of MOC images of the Spirit landing site. The rover is expected to land somewhere within the approximately 83 km (~52 mi) long by ~10 km (~6 mi) wide ellipse on the floor of ...
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| Martian "Brain - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
5 May 2004 Most middle-latitude craters on Mars have strange landforms on their floors. Often, the floors have pitted and convoluted features that lack simple explanation. In this case, the central part of the crater floor shown in this 2004 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image bears some resemblance to the folded nature of a brain. Or not. It depends upon the "eye of the beholder," perhaps...
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| Rock Slide in Ophir - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
7 May 2004 The dark streaks, just left of center, on the steep slope in this Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image were formed by a relatively recent rock slide. The streak closest to the center of the image resolves into a series of small depressions, indicating the path of a large, rolling boulder. The rock slide is inferred to have been recent (i.e., within the past several Mars years) because it is so much darker than its surroundings--there has not been sufficient time ...
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| North Polar Ice - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image illustrates very well the detailed, pitted nature of the north polar residual ice cap. As water ice sublimes away a little bit each summer, dark-floored pits have formed, trapping dust and other debris. : 85.1N, 284.6W 200 m scale bar = ~219 yards : lower left : Northern Summer
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| Winter Frost and Fog - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
This somewhat oblique blue wide angle Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the 174 km (~108 mi) diameter crater, Terby, and its vicinity in December 2004. Located north of Hellas, this region can be covered with seasonal frost and ground-hugging fog, even in the afternoon, despite being north of 30S. The subtle, wavy pattern is a manifestation of fog. : 28S, 286W : upper left : Southern Winter
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| Martian Fingerprints - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
9 April 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows patterned ground on the martian northern plains. The circular features are buried meteor impact craters; the small dark dots associated with them are boulders. The dark feature at left center is a wind streak. : 75.1N, 303.0W : ~3 km (~1.9 mi) : lower left : Northern Summer
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| Medusae Fossae #1 - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Extensive wind-swept plains of the Medusae Fossae formation on Mars. This northern subframe image, frame 3104, is of a 3.0 x 4.7 km area centered near 2.4 degrees north, 163.8 degrees west. Figure caption from Science Magazine
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| Medusae Fossae #2 - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Extensive wind-swept plains of the Medusae Fossae formation on Mars. This southern subframe image, frame 3104, is of a 3.0 x 4.7 km area centered near 2.0 degrees north, 163.8 degrees west. Figure caption from Science Magazine
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| Hebes Chasma #1 - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Complex variations in dune forms within Hebes Chasma. This northern subframe image, frame 3506, is a 2.3 x 3.6 km area centered near 0.6 degrees south, 76.3 degrees west. Figure caption from Science Magazine
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| Hebes Chasma #2 - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Complex variations in dune forms within Hebes Chasma. This southern subframe image, frame 3506, is a 2.3 x 3.6 km area centered near 0.8 degrees south, 76.3 degrees west Figure caption from Science Magazine
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| Crommelin Crater #1 - NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Dunes in etch pits and troughs in Crommelin Crater in the Oxia Palus area. This 3.2 x 3.5 km image (frame 3001) is centered near 4.1 degrees north, 5.3 degrees west. Figure caption from Science Magazine
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